Tracy Kidder

... "You may not see the ocean, but right now we are in the middle of the ocean, and we have to keep swimming. ↗

— Tracy Kidder

#attitude

How to preside over your own internal disorder? Finding the "I" that can represent the pack of you is the first challenge of the memoirist. ↗

— Tracy Kidder

#writing #writing-process #art

Outside, the afternoon sun was an orange sliver on an icy horizon. ↗

— Tracy Kidder

#nature

Being a professional writer is not an easy way to make a living. ↗

— Tracy Kidder

#easy #easy way #living #make #professional

I do believe that enduring geological features are important, though I don't think I can be clear about exactly why. ↗

— Tracy Kidder

#believe #clear #enduring #exactly #features

I know that to write you have to have stories you want to tell. You have to keep your mind alive, and you have to work hard. ↗

— Tracy Kidder

#hard #i #keep #know #mind

I always want to write something better than the last book. ↗

— Tracy Kidder

#better #book #i #i always #last

I tell beginning readers to read a lot and write a lot. If you want to write a book, find a subject that's really worth the time and effort you'll put in. ↗

— Tracy Kidder

#book #effort #find #i #lot

I think if the writing comes too easily, it shows - it's usually hard to read. ↗

— Tracy Kidder

#easily #hard #i #i think #read

I never planned on doing a book about Paul Farmer or his organization. I met him in Haiti when I was on a magazine assignment. It's almost like his story sort of fell in my lap. ↗

— Tracy Kidder

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